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Both men, the first an uncompromising romantic and the second a thoroughgoing realist, fortunately had simple tastes to match their small incomes. Ryder used to compare himself to an inchworm revolving on the end of a twig. The fact that he was able to take his time resulted in some of the richest painting ever done. Once, after 18 years of work on a picture, he said hopefully: "I think the sky is getting interesting." Eakins made only $15,000 (the price of a single Eakins canvas today) in all his years of painting, but he did have the appreciation...
Then the Jagermeister solemnly cut a fir twig, placed it in the crease of his green hat, bowed to Stehle and pronounced "Falconer, Heil." Stehle, in turn, bowed, accepted the twig and placed it under the band of his own hat. In two days of competition, with 18 stylish kills, the deadly hunting trio of Stehle, Diana and Mookie successfully defended the title in the international competition sponsored by the Order of German Falconers...
...Kremlin, but our own Government." This theory, he went on, implies a defense effort adjusted to an arbitrary budget, and by accepting it Ike had reversed Teddy Roosevelt's advice to speak softly and carry a big stick. "The new advice is to talk tough and carry a twig" -a policy which "would demoralize the free world, embolden the Soviet Union to new military adventures and, in the end, pull down the world into the rubble and chaos of a third world...
...fiep and got his buck last week began the typical solemn ritual. While the stag was breathing his last, the hunters stood by in respectful silence. When the stag died, the hunters bared their heads and bowed low toward the carcass. Then the hunt master cut an oak twig and passed it, balanced on his knife blade, to the man who had made the kill. The hunter lightly brushed the twig across the animal's wound. Finally, he got a leaf and placed it between the stag's lips to symbolize the fiep-deluded deer's last...
...Shortly after we heard the Memorial Hall clock strike 11:30," the student continued, "I heard a twig snap somewhere near us. I jokingly asked my date if she had heard anything, but she just laughed...